diff --git a/package/dnsmasq/Makefile b/package/dnsmasq/Makefile
index 27f438c738..1441a196b4 100644
--- a/package/dnsmasq/Makefile
+++ b/package/dnsmasq/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dnsmasq
 PKG_VERSION:=2.51
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq
diff --git a/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init b/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
index bc14aa6c41..3532dbd652 100644
--- a/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
+++ b/package/dnsmasq/files/dnsmasq.init
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ dhcp_host_add() {
 	config_get ip "$cfg" ip
 	[ -n "$ip" ] || return 0
 
-	append args "--dhcp-host=$mac,$ip${name:+,$name}"
+	append args "--dhcp-host=$mac,${name:+net:$name,}$ip"
 }
 
 dhcp_mac_add() {